ayla2004 ASN, RN

ayla2004 has 5 years experience as a ASN, RN.

ayla2004's Latest Activity

1. 

   Why is is difficult to find Nurses in UK??

   ayla2004 replied to MarlenaMandat's topic in UK

   I work in a area deemed both heavy and busy and the whole directoate is having problems getting applicants.

   • Dec 16, 2014
   • 11 replies
2. 

   Conversing with Dementia Patients

   ayla2004 replied to GundeRN's topic in Nurses

   Hey try dementia and non english speaking with a head injury not fun. Me talk about their familly if they have visted or rung. Admire any photo displayed. Explain wht im doing. Talk about the local area etc I get by. Dementia poses challenges but I like my demtia patients

   • May 7, 2014
   • 6 replies
3. 

   Manager "threatening" us with primary nursing!!!

   ayla2004 replied to lelafin's topic in Nurses

   I would love primary nursing but I would bet that if our rn increase another watd would be down an rn or 2 and would loose ghem every shift getting a tech in exc hange

   • May 4, 2014
   • 15 replies
4. 

   Be the Nurse You Would Want As a Patient

   ayla2004 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Rock

   Ive had a few bad weeks in work and the only thing that has made me remeber that I love being a nurse is my patients. Now management and poltics I could do without.

   • May 4, 2014
   • 29 replies
5. 

   Working in UK

   ayla2004 replied to MaleNurseforUK's topic in International

   • Apr 25, 2014
   • 4 replies
6. 

   Interview Preparation for Qualified Nurses

   ayla2004 replied to XB9S's topic in UK

   hi sharrie yet another band 5 looking at a band 6 post Ive seen a band 6 for a similar ward to my own i actually did my last student placement on it. i'm planning if possible (ward manager agreeing) to visit this week and met the ward manager and get a feel for her style. I like to know her idea and goals for the unit and interview. I've been qualified 5 year and feel i need to test myself but am very apprehensive about it Would you expect this as normal practice.

   • Feb 25, 2014
   • 144 replies
7. 

   Impossible standards

   ayla2004 replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

   the person doing the procedure obtains the consent in the UK. only operations and sedated procedures have signed consent forms with plan and reason alongside risks of procedure. Ours are deparment of health stanard.

   • Nov 10, 2013
   • 30 replies
8. 

   What critical vital signs would institute a rapid response

   ayla2004 replied to uniquegifts1's topic in Safety

   We dont have a RRT i would love it,we have parameters that triger an early warning score based on vital signs any more than 3 needs medical review. we call the in house medic or if concerned that a patient could arrest with or without a raised EWS we put out a CRASH call, our vital signs charts actually have this writen on this. Better to put out a crash on a critically ill patient detriating tha oone that has arrest i.e. dead one.

   • Nov 3, 2013
   • 27 replies
9. 

   What Baffles You?

   ayla2004 replied to GundeRN's topic in Nurses

   hiccups is a sign of increased icp worring to a neuro nurse

   • Oct 29, 2013
   • 377 replies
10. 

    Dimensional Analysis for Meds

    ayla2004 replied to newsingleDad's topic in Pre-Nursing

    oh i was taught this for college chemistry and call it cross multiply . i still use it for med calculations i found the nursing formula harder to use.

    • Oct 7, 2013
    • 9 replies
11. 

    Would u find this bullying

    ayla2004 posted a topic in Relations

    Hi all Ive been a RN 5 years. Im curious about knowledge be it general in the last 10 years about nursing/science. i changed post 3 years ago onto a neurosurgical ward and i love all that i can always learn more. What i love as much as my own learning is being able to teach patient and others RN or nursing students etc. I spend time to acquire this knowledge but it a pleasure mainly or a puzzle. In 5 years ive also learned how to get things done in a hospital when this or that problems happens. A colleague and a friend has been making comments that i know everything but this are getting more exaggerated an now mention that our medics consult me prior to cases etc sounds fanciful and made me uncomfortable Ive challenged her to be more real in a friendly way. but this is brushed off my comments like you know im only joking etc I aware this lady has being having a hard time recently in work due to a few changes and was taking about feeling stiffed by other members of staff.

    • Sep 2, 2013
    • 8 replies
12. 

    Ugh...Bedside Report

    ayla2004 replied to Vespertinas's topic in Nurses

    we have a printed handover and We do bedside report and a have a tick chart to make sure we handover safety aspects. and to check bedside charts are hourly rounding which includes a skin bundle and in/out sheet and vital sign sheet is on paper and this is an oppurity to make sure that information does not get missed. However what we dont handover at the bedside is when pt have not yet been told a highly suspected diagnosis cause the doctors want to wait for more tests to come back, or if a pt is acting bizarre and is about to complain etc

    • Aug 24, 2013
    • 44 replies
13. 

    What is your Achilles heel?

    ayla2004 replied to cjdmomma's topic in Nurses

    not sure i dont mind suctioning work with tracheys all the time. ok with vomitt as well. if someone is decscribing body fluid it can i can find it hard but not often I dont like stale body odur from days/weeks of not washing that take several showers baths to clear.

    • Aug 23, 2013
    • 82 replies
14. 

    NG tube removal - hold breath or exhale slowly?

    ayla2004 replied to rara312's topic in Education

    yup still place em in neuro patient for med and feeding and still have to replace them on the same patients

    • Aug 11, 2013
    • 8 replies
15. 

    Drugs to know in the Neuro Icu

    ayla2004 replied to AstarteRN's topic in Neuro

    nimodipine, kepra, soduim valopate, afentail,

    • Jun 21, 2013
    • 27 replies
16. 

    Neuro book suggestions

    ayla2004 replied to Lucylu19's topic in Neurological

    JOANNE HICKNEY neuological and neursugical nursing vey comprehensive

    • Jun 18, 2013
    • 2 replies